Fowl cleaner



.WILLIAM-A. IBRTJ'CK, OF PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK.

Fowl. CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented July a, i922.

Application led. July 1, 1920. Serial No. 393,277.

v To all whom it may concer/t:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM-. BRUGK, a citizen .of the United States, ,residing at Pearl River, in the county of Rockland and State of NNew York, have invented certain "new and useful Improvements in Fowl Cleaners, of which the followingis-a specification.

This invention relates to fowl orpoultry cleaners designed for removing the intestines, lungs, heart and other internals of the fowl which are usually removed when dressing the fowl 'for cooking purposes, the primary object ofthe invention being to provide such a device as will eliminate thek necessity of the chef extending the hand or lingers into the body of the fowl to remove the desired parts.

An important object of the invention to provide a cleaner having a cutting edge cooperating with a plurality of teeth or fingers soV that certain organs of the fowl may be easily and readily removed, the cooperating teeth and cutting edge both entering into use at the same time during the revmoval of these organs.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cleaner having a notch or slot in one end thereof to provide a pair of spaced teeth or lingers which are adapted to straddle the back bone of the fowl when the tool is being drawn outwardly of the body of the fowl when removing* the intestines, egg growth and other tissues which are desirable to remove.

Still another object of the invention is to provide. a cleaner of. the above mentionedcharacter which is formed or stamped out of a single piece of material and is perfectly flat when completed', thereby obviating the necessity of bending any parts to provide- .the I,finished article.

' parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a plan of the invention.

Figure 2, is an edge view ofthe same with apart thereof broken away, and

Figure 3 i's a transverse section through the cleaner taken on the f line 3 3 of Figure 1. I

Referring to the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the

numeral 4 designates the cleaner in its entirety and which consists of an elongated flat piece of metal, approximately one half 5 of the strip of metal having. its longitudinal edges paralleling each other and forming a handle portion when one end of the tool is being used. The free transverseend of what I term asa blade portion'7 is arcuated or convexedoutwardly as clearly shown in Figure l and opposite side edges of the end 6 are reduced by filing or grinding toy provide a transverse end 6 with an arcuated cutting edge 8 as more clearly, shown in Figure 2.' One longitudinal edge of the tool or blade portion 7 is provided adjacent the transverse end 6 with a plurality of laterally projecting spaced teeth or fingers -9. These teeth are arranged on the same plane with the blade portionv and opposite sides thereof are ground or tapered down to their free ends to provide the free ends of the teeth with cutting edges 10 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. It is to be noted that the v free ends of the teeth 9 do not taper into points, but are,provided with the cutting edges 10 as clearly shown in the drawings. L

It is to be borne in mind that the teeth 9 90 cutting edge may properly cooperateorjper- 95 form their functions when the tool is being manipulated to remove certain organs of the fowl. The longitudinal edge ofthe blade portion opposite the edge upon which the teeth 9 are. arranged, is preferably straight 100 and is a continuation of one edge of the handle portion 5. VHowever, the opposite longitudinal edge of the blade portion in' clines from the lower end of the innermost tooth toward the handle portion 5to form 105 the bladeportion into an outwardly tapering portion and to merge into a shoulder ll at the inner end of one longitudinal edge of the handle portion 5. The opposite end i of the cleaner or tool is beveled -on one side thereof as at 12 to provide ajtransverse edge of thetool with a cuttingedge 13. An inwardly extending V shapcd` notch is pro.

A vided in this transverse end of the tool to provide thevend withfa pair of spaced teeth or fingers 15 the free ends of which are pro.- vided with cutting or sharpened edges by the transverse edge-13.

In order to clean a fowl, lthe vent is first removed, after which an incision is made on` the breast side at thejunction ofthe neck and breast so that the craw or feed crop may be removed. After the `eraw has been dispensed with, my improved tool is grasped bv\ .the handle portion 5 in one hand while the other hand is employed to hold .the fowll firmly upon the table. With the teeth 9 proi jecting downwardly toward theu table, .the tool is moved soas to pass the bladd portlon and teethr!) inwardly through the incision provided toremove the craw. `The tool is moved into the incision about two inches, then downward'so that the teeth 9 go down between the ribs of the fowl close to the back bone so that the teeth may engage the lung. The tool is then pushed so that the 'teeth 9 move downwardly close to the backbone,

Vafter which the.tool` is turned so as t move the teeth voutwardly and upwardly of the back bone, and atthe same time the tool is moved slightly inward of the fowl so that the cutting edge may cut away any tissues whichtend to resist theremoval of vthe lung. jWhen it is deemed that the lungs have been sufficiently loosened, the tool is turned around about three quarters yof a turn so that the teeth 9 move upwadly and the tool given a quick jerk outwardly through the lncision and pull with it the lung which vhas been entangled in the teeth 9'and at times the heart of the fowl is also drawn out together with the lungs. .The same operation is performed on the otherside of the back bone to remove the other lung and afterthese organs have been removed the fowl is turned around so that the ,intestines andother or,

gans .may be Aremoved from the rear end thereof.

The oppositeend of the tool is then adapt-` ed to be brought into operation, and the cleaner is gripped upon the blade portion thereof. The end of the tool having the pair of'fingers 15 is then inserted into the rear end of the body 0f the fowl with the beveled portions, of the 'fingers arranged on Itop.

The tool is then moved inwardly into the y body of the chicken between the breast bone and the intestines, and worked therebetween until the free end of the' toolV engages the back bone of the fowl at the forward end of its body. TheI 15091 is then` moved from side to side until thev back bone of the fowl is reegg growth are lodged firmly between, the

r1bs of the fowl adjacent the back bone and not removed with the rest of the intestines, the blade portion 7 may be' inserted into the rear of the body so that the teeth 9 will be forced down between the ribs nd in Contact with the back bone. Thevtool is then turned 1f the egg growth and the bloodA clots are` vto causeithe teeth 9 to move towards the side l of the fowl soas t remove'the egg growth andfblood clots from between the ribs. The I cutting edge 8 will also be found convenient =when using the tool fOrcuttingaway any tissues-which have been pulled away from the intestines during their withdrawal.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawings have reference to the preferred orrapproved embodiment of my'invention. It is to be/,understood however that such changes may ybemade in construction and arrangement of parts', materials, dimensions, et'c., as may yprove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1`. A fowl cleaning toolcomprising an elongated relatively narrow blade having a plurality of teeth projecting from a longi! tudinal edge thereof adjacent its forward free transverse end,said transverse end bei'ng arranged at a substantially abrupt angle to the longitudinal axis ofthe blade, and said transverse endv being sharpened into a cutting edge.' f v n2. A fowl cleaner comprising an elongated blade having a plurality of teeth projecting from one longitudinal edge thereof adjacent its forward free transverse edge, said transverse edge being arrangeda substantially abrupt angle to the longitudinal axis of the blade, the' other longitudinal edge of the blade' adjacent its free transverse edge being curved to merge into said transverse edge, .and said curved portion andthe edge of the transverse free end being sharpened into a cutting edge.

In testimony whereof I atiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LENA MARTIN. GERMAIN MARTIN. j 

